This show doesn't need a bloodbath (just for the sake of arguments) as much as it needs improved writing and a sharper focus.

The bloodbath is inevitable. 40% budget cut to a show that already only has one set turnaround a week and fired their highest paying actors, with more "fiscal cooperation" ahead. Unless you want to see a dignity-less Kristian Alfonzo and Peter Reckell sweating their balls off in Highland Park, Oxnard, or Seal Beach with cheap handheld cameras and scenes shot in the production office, a massive cast purge HAS to take place.

But I'd rather have Executive Producer/Uncredited Story Consultant Gary Tomlin choosing who gets the liferafts off the Titanic over Ken Corday. Gary Tomlin can get rid of who isn't necessary, who's too expensive, and from there, shape the show into his vivid SUNSET BEACH wet dream.